morons on the loose

[Ken Gargett]

for the last 20 minutes, in the perth qantas FF club, anyone within miles of two of the dim-wittedest imbeciles to ever draw breath would have heard some of the strangest crap ever sprouted.

the latest - if the germans had not bothered with the jews but spent their money on more tanks instead of camps, they would have won the war. the time they spent trying to round them up cost them the war.

there was a good fifteen minutes on the jews. i don't think they are anti-semetic. just extremely stupid. 

they have been trying to work out what started world war one. latest is that some bloke shot a frenchman.

"and why on earth would the japanese bother with pearl harbour? the americans had done nothing. the japanese just decided to bomb somewhere out of the blue for fun. they should have not bombed pearl harbour." you think!!!!!!

"i know auschwitz is a leading tourist destination but don't you think it would be boring. better to forget all that stuff and go to the pub." 

and apparently australia had more people killed in WWI than any other nation.

they have not stopped. dozens of these gems. 

seriously, there may not be dumber people on the planet. i have not the least doubt that i will be sitting next to them for the next five hours. probably between them. 

[ponfed]

From the title I thought you got my webcam feed..... 

This is worse, but not by much.

Edit : The complete ignorance of the rivalry between the US and Japan for control of the south pacific and Sourh Sea is astounding.

The economic pressure,the building of bases on small islands, standoffs between patrols, the claiming of islands. trying to encercle the other, or breakout. all the covert harassment campaigns.

If by a genie's wish, WW2 wouldn't have happened, there would have been a Japanese-American war sooner or later. 

But no, for a lot of people, the Japanese just woke up one day and said : "Yeah, let's just bomb their shit!"

 

[MD Puffer]

Best traveling companion ever.  I got them to muffle my boys temper tantrums.  Precocious kid is 6 months ahead of schedule in that department.  They also work great in airports.  Makes the experience almost surreal.  Very interesting (and calming) to watch hundreds of people and only hear a faint muffle.  

[Auspaul]

Yep Bose noise cancelling headphones are good

[99call]

My favourite bit of eaves dropping was following a couple (that seemed to be on a first date) out of the cinema (after watching inception). He turned to her and said, "I dont get it? Who got the inheritance?". "What" she replied. "How are we supposed to know who got the inheritance!?".  "Hmmm? I don't think that's the point of the film Brian".    

I don't think they lasted too long!

[Ken Gargett]

14 minutes ago, 99call said:

My favourite bit of eaves dropping was following a couple (that seemed to be on a first date) out of the cinema (after watching inception). He turned to her and said, "I dont get it? Who got the inheritance?". "What" she replied. "How are we supposed to know who got the inheritance!?".  "Hmmm? I don't think that's the point of the film Brian".    

I don't think they lasted too long!

my fave was a mate, now a judge, who lived in italy for a while. visited the sistine chapel and happened to meet/listen to some lovely people from across the pond - way across.

the lady of the family, looking up - "you know, ya gotta assume that this is handpainted". i swear i am not making that up. 

[Ritch]

My best one I heard was at a family festival. There had been this annoying kid pestering everyone for days. He was 7 years old or so and was extorting money out of people by threatening then with water pistols.

It was 3 in the morning and the kid had just got back to the family tent; "mommy someone gave me cookies but they tasted funny"

[Smokin_Safari]

Whilst visiting the Tower of London in the sub-river dungeon level, a replica (I presume) of the "scavenger's daughter" was on display. A group of American college students were noisily making their in front of / with us. One exclaimed, "Surely they wouldn't put white people in that....?"

Groan and taking a few steps back to ensure we weren't seen with them again.